TONIGHT A PAGEANT KICKS OFF FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS' PRIDE MONTH. 40/29'S UGOCHI ILOKA TELLS US WHY THIS YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT. SHE'S LIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE. YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM HERE BUT RIGHT BEHIND ME IS WHERE NWA GAY PRIDE PAGEANT CONTESTANTS WILL TAKE THE STAGE TONIGHT AT CLUB PUSH. I SPOKE TO ONE MARRIED SAME SEX COUPLE WHO TOLD ME THIS YEAR'S TURNOUT SHOULD BE BIGGER BECAUSE SAME SEX COUPLES WERE ABLE TO GET MARRIED IN ARKANSAS. NAT SOUND OF (CHILD LAUGHING ) LINDSEY AND STEPHANIE FOX ALONG WITH THEIR SON ASHER TELL ME THEY FINALLY FEEL LIKE A FAMILY. THEY SAY IT'S BECAUSE THEY GOT THIS MARRIAGE LICENSE ON MAY 12TH IN EUREKA SPRINGS AND NOW THEY WANT TO SUPPORT NWA PRIDE WEEK TO CELEBRATE CHANGE. SOT: SETH FRANCIS (MISS GAY ARKANSAS AMERICA) It is a change great things that a lot of people didn't expect to see happen. SOT: LINDSEY AND STEPHANIE FOX (MARRIED COUPLE) We made sure we could be a part of it this year because of being married and feeling equal I just feel like it's going to be a bigger celebration. THE NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EQUALITY CENTER WANTS TO KICK OFF THE CELEBRATION WITH A FEMALE AND MALE IMPERSONATION PAGEANT. SOT: SETH FRANCIS (MISS GAY ARKANSAS AMERICA) The full look from head to toe it involves a lot more than the three to five minutes that you see on stage that's the easy part of the evening actually. SOT: : LINDSEY AND STEPHANIE FOX (MARRIED COUPLE) They sing they dance they sweat they practice they probably have the biggest wardrobe more than most women. EVENT ORGANIZERS SAY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH EXCITEMENT FROM MANY LEGALLY MARRIED SAME SEX COUPLES THEY'RE EXPECTING A FULL HOUSE. THE PAGEANT STARTS TONIGHT AT 9TOMORROW THERE WILL BE A PRIDE PARADE ON DICKSON STREET STARTING AT 10 IN THE MORNING. FAYETTEVILLE UGOCHI ILOKA 40/29 NEWS THERE ARE ALSO EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MONTH BEING HELD IN TOWNS ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.